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DNFSB seeks LANL safety improvements briefing within a year

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The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) gave the Department of Energy and its semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) a year to brief the board on improvements to safety at the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s  pit facility…

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